Collapsible necktie-holder



Dec. 5, 1933. c H, PAJEAU 1,937,911

COLLAPSIBLE NECKTIE HOLDER Filed cat. 29, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR5/ W W ATTORNEY Dec. 5, 1933. C H, PAJEAU 1,937,911

COLLAPSIBLE NECKTIE HOLDER Filed Oct. 29, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 29INVENTOR v c q h dml/lon 7 d 'cdu b/ W ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 5, 1933-PATENT OFFICE 1,937,911 COLLAPSIBLE NECKTIE-HOLDER Charles HamiltonPajeau, Glencoe, Ill., assignor to The Toy Tinkers, Inc., Evanston,111., a cornotation of Illinois Application October 29,

Claims.

My invention relates to a holder for neckties or other slender articles,and in some of its major objects aims to provide a holder which willreadily support a large number of neckties or the like within ahorizontally quite small area While still permitting convenient accessto each tie, and which can readily be collapsed into an exceedinglysmall space when not, in use.

In some further objects, my invention aims to provide a necktie holderpresenting radial arms diverging from a pivoting member, and arrangedsocth'at the holder can be freely suspended to permit a ready rotationof the assemblage of these diverging arms, or can be supported closelyadjacent to a wall for still disposing a majority of the said arms indiverging positions in which each arm can support one or more ties.

In addidtidon, my invention aims to provide a necktie holder of theabove recited characteristicswhich can be cheaply manufactured. in anartistic formwith the use of very few dies, which will, be quite light,and in which the holder arms pending cord omitted.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary and enlarged central and vertical sectionthrough the same holder, showing the two positions in which the arms arehalted.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged horizontal section taken along the line 4-4 ofFig. 3.

Fig.5 is a perspective View of one of the arms.

Fig. 6 is a central and vertical section through V a more simpleembodiment of my invention.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentaryelevation of the embodiment of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged plan view ofthe embodiment of Fig. 5, taken fromthe line 8-8 of that figure, with portions of the upper pivoting diskand of one of the arms broken away. 1

Figs. 9 and 10 are fragmentary central and vertical sections, allied toFig. 3 and showing two all-metal constructions for the arm-pivotingmember and the upper arm-halting element.

Generally speaking, I accomplish the objects of my invention byproviding a pivoting member rotatable about an upright support, andholder 1932. Serial No. 640,165

arms normally radiating horizontallyfrom this pivoting member andadapted to beswungupwardly and inwardly toward the axis of the saidsupport. Then I provide means fast with respect to the pivoting memberfor halting the downward and outward swinging movement of the holderarmswhen the armsextend horizontally and also for halting the inwardswinging movement when the center of gravity of each arm is nearer tothe general axis of the device than the pivot of the arm. 7 i

In the relatively simple embodiment of Figs. 6 to 8, the body of mydevice is an upright and centrally perforated disk 1 provided with aperipheral groove 2 and having upright radial slots 3 extending acrossthis groove. Underhanging this disk and fastened to it by a tubularrivet 4 tea stop washer 5 of larger radius than the disk.

Extending respectively into the slots Bare the perforations in all ofthe arms so that portions of this ring serve as horizontal shafts onwhich the arms respectively are pivoted. Moreover, the inner end portionof each arm is of such shape and size that its normally lower edge 6 Bwill seat on the washer when the arm extends horizontally (as in theleft-hand portion of Fig. 6) and so that the opposite edge 6 C willengage the upright bottom of the corresponding slot when the arm hasbeen swung upward and inward sufiiciently to dispose the center ofgravity G at a shorter distance from the vertical axis A of the diskthan the distance from this axis to the pivot axis of the arm.

With my necktie holder thus constructed, the part of the washer 5whichprojects beyond the disk 1 serves as a stop for all of the holderarms when these arms are in their outwardly swung operative positions,thus presenting these arms in a radially diverging dispositionpermitting an ample view of the neckties 26 hung on the several arms andalso permitting each tie to be placed in position or removed withoutmaterially disturbing the other ties. Moreover, when such a holder issuspended by a cord 10, the holder can instantly be rotated in eitherdirection about this til) cord for access to the tie or ties draped overany particular arm. And, since the length of the arm portion over whichthe tie is draped need only be about an inch, it will be obvious fromFig. 6 that the holder (when compacted by raising all of the arms)occupies very little shipping space.

To avoid possible breakages of a slitted disk and to reduce the timerequired for rotating the split wire ring 7 of Fig. 8 successivelythrough the numerous arms, I desirably employ the construction shown inFigs. 1 to 5 inclusive. In this embodiment of my invention, each arm 11has a finger 12 punched from it near its inner end'and extending atright angles to the vertical'faces of the arm to serve as a pivotingshaft fast upon the arm.

The pivoting member in this case includes two counterpart and superposedand centrally per forated metal disks 13 and 14,'which disks are formedto present opposed annular grooves 15 near their peripheries and whichdisks also have counterpart radial'slots 18 extending. across the saidgrooves. In-assembling the said member, the arms-11 are first slid intothe respective slots (as shown for one such arm in Fig. i) with the armfingers 12 seated in the groove 15 of the lower disk 13, after which theupper disk 14 is slid downwardly :to seat on-the lower disk and thetwodisks'are secured to each other by a central tubular rivet 16. When thearm-supporting member is thus assembled, the opposed annular grooves 15cooperate to form an annular channel, and wall portionsof this channelform bearings for the pivot fingers 12 of the holder arms.

In practice, I preferably provide each disk with an upright peripheralflange 1'7 through which the radial slots 18 extend, thereby obtainingsuch a joint height for the alined slots in the two disksnamely aheightapproximating the width of the part of the arm portion whichextends across these flanges, as in Fig. 3-as to prevent a tilting ofeach arm about its own longitudinal axis.

To halt each holder arm in its normal or outwardly swung position, Iprovide its inner end with an extension finger 19 adapted to engage thebottom face ofthe lower disk 13,1as shown in Fig. 3. For the companionstop, Fig. 3 shows a metal washer 20 spaced upwardly from the diskassembly by a wooden spacer 21 and disposed so that this stop washer 20will be engaged by the tips of the hook ends 11 A of all of the pivotedarms when these arms are swung upwardly. With the stop washer 20 at asuitable height, so that this halting occurswhen the center of gravity Gof each arm has swung over the center line of the disk grooves 15 (andhence past a vertical alinement with the arm fingers 12 which form stubshafts on the arms), gravity willprevent the arms from swinging outwardaccidentally, so that the holder when collapsed (as in Fig. 2) canreadily be handled and packed as a compact unit. Moreover, the parts canreadily be proportioned (as in Fig. 3) so that the stop washer halts theupward swinging of these arms while the hook tips of adjacent arms arestill spaced from each other, so as to avoid the possibility of havingthese arms jam.

To insure a rigid spacing of the stop washer 20 from the holder member(or pivoting disk assembly), Figs. 1 "to 3 show a suspending memberwhich includes a rod 22 extending downwards consecutively through, thewasher, the wooden spacer 21 and the tubular rivet 16. Threaded on thelower end of this rod is a nut 23 which clamps the holder member, spacerand stop washer against an enlargement 22 A on' the rod,

suilices for swinging all arms to their operative the rod also havingits upper end bent to form an eye 24. While this eye may be slippeddirectly over a stationary screw-hook or the like the suspending meansdesirably are elongated by also including a flexible loop 25 extendingthrough the rod eye 24 and adapted to be snapped over a screw hook 26.With the suspending means thus lengthened, the distance to which theavailable supporting hook 26 projects from the wall is immaterial, asthe holder arms adjacent to the wall can be left turned up (as inFig. 1) while still allowing most of the holder arms to be freely spacedboth from each other and from the wall for supporting neckties.

In practice, the spacer 21 is desirably an enameled wood turning, thecoloring of which contrasts with the bright plating of the pivotingdisks, holder arms and suspending eye bolt to add to the appearance ofmy necktie holder. However, this separately formed spacer may beomitted, asshown for example in Figs. 9 and 10. In Fig. 9, the upperslotted disk 27 has a central and integral riser dome 28 in substitutionfor the stop washer 20 and the spacer 21 of Fig. 3; while the lower disk29 has a sufiiciently large central bore to clear a knot on'the lowerend ofa simple suspending cord 30, which knot directly engages the lowerface of the upper end of the said dome.

In Fig. 10, the upper stop is a metal washer 31 disposed betweentwoprojections 32 on a suspending rod 22, which rod extends through thedisk-clamping tubular rivet 16 as in Fig. 3, and the rod has anotherenlargement 33 which clamps this rivet against a head 34 on the lowerend of the rod.

The number and length of the arms of my holder, as well as otherfeatures of the construction and arrangement may also be varied withoutdeparting either from the spirit of my invention'or from the appendedclaims, so that I 115 do not wish to be limited in these respects.Moreover, it will be obvious that my here presented holder will alsofunction equally well for supporting other slender objects. I

With each of the illustrated types, the walls of positions, therebyfacilitating the inspection and demonstration or" my necktie holder.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a holder for neckties or the like, two superposed and relativelystationary disks formed to present an annular'recess between themhearthe peripheries of the disks and having '-their edge portions providedwith radial slots-crossing the said recess, and arms each having a partthereof extending across one of the said slots; each arm having apivoting finger projecting laterally from it into an adjacent portion ofthe groove, whereby the finger forms a pivoting shaft upon which the armis journaled in the groove, and each arm also having a stop fingerunderhanging one of the disks and disposed for engaging that disk tolimit the downward swingwardly from the disks and disposed for engagingall of the arms to limit the upward swinging of the arms.

i 3. In a necktie-holder, an assemblageas per claim 1 in which each armhas at its outer end a normally upwardly directed hook, and a stopmember coaxial with and spaced upwardly from the said disks and disposedfor engaging the tips of the hooks on all of the said arms to limit theupward swinging of the arms.

4. In a necktie-holder, a member comprising two relatively superposeddisks provided adjacent to their peripheries with opposed grooves, whichgrooves cooperate to form an annular channel, and provided also withradial slots crossing the said channel and open at the edges at the saiddisks; holder arms each having a part thereof disposed in one of thesaid slots; pivot pins each projecting from one of the arms and housedby the said channel, each pin being nearer to the inner than to theouter end of the arm from which it projects, and each arm having itsinner end portion disposed for engaging one of the said elements tolimit the upward swinging of that end portion; and single means elevatedabove the said elements coaxial with the channel and of smaller radiusthan the said channel for engaging the outer end portions of all of thesaid arms to halt the upward swinging movement of each arm in a positionin which the center of gravity of the arm is at less distance from thecommon axis of the channel and the said means than the radius of thechannel.

5. ,In a necktie-holder, a member comprising two relatively superposeddisks provided adjacent to their peripheries with opposed grooves, whichgrooves cooperate to form an annular channel; each of the disks beingprovided also with radial slots crossing the said channel and open atthe edges of the said disks, the slots in the two disks aliningvertically; holder arms each having a part thereof extending through oneof the said slots; each arm including a horizontal finger fast upon thearm and journaled in a part of the channel adjacent to the said slotthrough which that arm extends, each such finger projecting from the armon which it is fast, for a distance considerably greater than thehorizontal thickness of the arm.

6. In a necktie-holder, a member comprising two relatively superposeddisks provided adjacent to their peripheries with opposed grooves, whichgrooves cooperate to form an annular channel, and provided also withradial slots crossing the said channel and open at the edges at the saiddisks; holder arms each having a part thereof extending through one ofthe said slots, each arm, and horizontal pivot elements respectivelyfast upon the said arms and each journaled in a portion of the channelbetween two consecutive slots; each disk having at its outer edge anupright tubular flange crossed by all of the said slots, the saidflanges extending in opposite directions from the opposed faces of thedisks and having a joint height not less than approximately the verticalwidth or the arm portions extending through the said slots.

7. A necktie-holder as per claim 5, in which each holder arm is agenerally fiat sheet metal punching presenting its fiat faces uprightand having an integral finger formed from the said punching andextending at right angles to the flat faces of the arm to constitute thejournaled finger of that arm, the said finger being formed from an armportion intermediate of the height of the arm.

8. A necktie-holder comprising a rigid pivoting member having an uprightaxis; holder arms normally diverging radially of the said member, eachholder arm having the upper edge of its major portion normallyhorizontal and having an upwardly directed hook element at its outerend;

means pivoting each arm intermediate of its ends to the pivoting memberon a horizontal axis, each arm having its inner end portion normallyunderha'nging and in upward engagement with the pivoting member, aspacer element overlying the radially inner portion of the pivotingmember, a stop element seated upon the spacer element at such elevationas to engage tips of the hook elements of all of the said arms when theouter arm ends are swung upwardly; and an upright suspending memberextending through the said pivoting member, spacer element and stopelement for axially alining the pivoting member with the spacer elementand the stop element.

9. A collapsible holder of the class described comprising a pivotingmember, a plurality of holder arms diverging radially from the verticalaxis of the said member when the holder is in use, means pivoting thearms upon the said member with freedom for upward and inward swingingmovement in planes axial of the said member, and stop means supported bythe said member for limiting the swinging movement of all of the arms inthe said direction, each arm having a finger underhanging the pivotingmember and disposed for engaging a portion of that member to limit theswinging of the arm in the opposite direction.

10. A collapsible holder as per claim 8, in which the suspending memberincludes portions respectively engaging the lower face of the pivotingmember and the upper face of the stop element 13o to clamp the spacerelement between the pivoting member and the stop element.

CHARLES HAMILTON PAJEAU.

